macOS High Sierra Public Beta 2 is Now Available

[Gigamaxx]

Vega is coming soon, but I think Vega OS X support will be in December as soon as Apple releases the new iMac Pro.. So I guess 10.13.2 or 10.13.3

Actually, Vega support started last year in Sierra 10.12.3, we found it along with Polaris 12. As you can see below we have 5 Vega versions (0x000000 IDs) to work with. This is up from 3 before the latest update which is good because we should get pretty good support once they are released.

 

[RandomTech]

Actually, Vega support started last year in Sierra 10.12.3, we found it along with Polaris 12. As you can see below we have 5 Vega versions (0x000000 IDs) to work with. This is up from 3 before the latest update which is good because we should get pretty good support once they are released.

Sh!t, just ordered a second RX 480.. I actually do search new kexts to see what new is supported as I did with RX, but for Vega wouldn't expect to be this fast, so I didn't.. Anyway, is still not too late, if Vega is supported (as I prey day and night) then I'm getting Vega

 

[Gigamaxx]

Sh!t, just ordered a second RX 480.. I actually do search new kexts to see what new is supported as I did with RX, but for Vega wouldn't expect to be this fast, so I didn't.. Anyway, is still not too late, if Vega is supported (as I prey day and night) then I'm getting Vega

There are 2 reported or documented users of the Vega Frontier edition. This model though has 2 things that may be causing issues.
1). 16GB of HBM2 memory versus the probable 8GB for the Apple version.

2). The ID is 0x68631002 which doesn't match the Apple info.plist versions. They have to add it to the kext so support isn't an exact match.

The 0x687F1002 is probably the 8GB RX Vega 64 CU model for gaming. Lets hope its in the $500-$600 US range.

 

[GuitarGuy77]

Hi,

How did you get acceleration on your 960?
I installed DP Beta 3 and I can hear my 970's fans go quiet as if it loaded the web drivers but the screen is black and goes to sleep. Can reach Desktop only with nv_disable=1.

Is there a solution to this?
Lilu + NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext and other solutions that work in Sierra won't work here.

Same issue here Dr. Drumm - can only booth with nv_disable=1 If not it boots but has a black screen. Any solutions you found?

 

[GuitarGuy77]

Updated fine for me via APFS on Crucial SATA SSD. No Nvidia 960 support yet : (

 

[RandomTech]

There are 2 reported or documented users of the Vega Frontier edition. This model though has 2 things that may be causing issues.
1). 16GB of HBM2 memory versus the probable 8GB for the Apple version.

2). The ID is 0x68631002 which doesn't match the Apple info.plist versions. They have to add it to the kext so support isn't an exact match.

The 0x687F1002 is probably the 8GB RX Vega 64 CU model for gaming. Lets hope its in the $500-$600 US range.

According to Apple website, the new iMac Pro Vega card will be the 8GB or 16GB HBM2, so I think both are supported.
What bothers me is card ID’s being different.
About the price of the Gaming version, there is no reason to AMD to have the MSRP more than 450 USD, I expect more like 400 USD, but my only concern is that retailers can bump the prices up because of this ETH joke, but hope they don’t, let’s see.

 

[Enderal]

Does this have drivers for the AMD RX cards?

 

[Gigamaxx]

Does this have drivers for the AMD RX cards?

Yes, you will be surprised, by the HDMI and DisplayPort Audio as well. You still need IGPU as primary output. Setup is real easy at least for Skylake graphics here's my IGPU and RX graphics settings in clover and a config.plist without serial #s MLB or UUID. I'm also running High Sierra on my Pentium G3258 Haswell and RX 460 it has audio as well.



config.plist.zip

 

[Enderal]

Yes, you will be surprised, by the HDMI and DisplayPort Audio as well. You still need IGPU as primary output. Setup is real easy at least for Skylake graphics here's my IGPU and RX graphics settings in clover and a config.plist without serial #s MLB or UUID. I'm also running High Sierra on my Pentium G3258 Haswell and RX 460 it has audio as well.

View attachment 266666 View attachment 266665

config.plist.zip

Do you mean setting the IGPU as the primary output in the UEFI? Do you have to video cables connected to your monitor? One for the IGPU and one for the GPU? I am a little confused.

Ideally, I would like to have the GPU set to the primary output and disable the IGPU.

 

[Gigamaxx]

Set IGPU as primary display output in Motherboard Bios, allocate 64mb Ram minimum.

If you wait for Vega it may not require IgPU as primary.

I have a VGA cable to monitor from mono, and HDMI to same monitor from RX 480.

Boot screen is VGA mobo connection and I see the Apple and progress bar to about 2/3, then the HDMI takes over and the Log In screen appears. I only show 1 monitor and the IGPU is not using it (see pic).



Benchmarks are decent even though using IGPU as primary, openGL 10-15% less than Windows 10 dedicated graphics mode, but open CL actually beats windows benches in many apps.